Ladies and gentlemen: the girls are back in town. Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour has returned with a bang, on the West End stage. But, of course, you all knew that. If you want to read a nice, concise, journalist-y review that I’ve written, you can find one here from the current run… or here from the National Theatre!

Instead, this time I’m going to dump a few more thoughts here which have occurred to me after seeing the play again this week, that wouldn’t really fit into a ‘proper’ review and only came with taking the time to get to know the play. SMASH THE FUCKING SYSTEM!

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour is a musical play that gets the balance spot on between unbridled, youthful joy and almost total hopelessness over the course of less than two hours, with hardly a pause for breath.

It’s the musical play that has taken Scotland by storm, and has now garnered rave reviews playing at the National Theatre in London. Before my review, which I will post shortly, here is a brief summary of everything you need to know.